Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre (29) leaps over Colorado Rockies' Carlos Gonzalez (5) as he waits for the late throw in the 6th inning at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, June 24, 2012.

Rockies' Carlos Gonzalez.

Rockies' Carlos Gonzalez slides into third base under Texas's Adrian Beltre during the sixth inning Sunday.

ARLINGTON, texas — Carlos Gonzalez is like nobody that’s ever played for the Rockies before. He’s brash, talented and has more tools than The Home Depot. Sometimes his motor purrs rather than roars, but his ability overshadows the random misfiring spark plug.

So, of course, the Rockies want to move him. And he’s looking to exit stage left, right? That’s the story line creeping into conversations in the East, where the suggestion has already been made by reporters and some scouts that the Rockies would be better off trading the outfielder in a blockbuster deal for pitching.

Would that be smart?

In a word, no.

There are two flawed points in this suggestion: It would mark the worst decision in Rockies history — that’s saying something with the way this year has gone, including Sunday night’s 4-2 loss to the Rangers — and Gonzalez, despite what some would like to believe, said he has no interest in leaving.

He doesn’t watch his iPad at night, dreaming of winning a championship with someone else.

“Everybody knows teams like the Yankees and Phillies have the big money and they can get the free agents. I still have five more years after this year. And I believe we are going to get good here,” Gonzalez said. “We have talented pitchers and hitters. We are young. We can put together a string of playoff appearances. It’s dark now. But the brightness is coming.”

The idea of trading Gonzalez for unproven arms is stupid, if not hilarious. Have you watched any games at Coors Field this season? The Rockies brought back a pair of first-round draft picks in the Ubaldo Jimenez trade. Jimenez wanted out, and after slicing through the drama, it’s understandable given the rigors of pitching in Denver.

Drew Pomeranz and Alex White, prized arms in the deal, haven’t gained traction with the Rockies. They still can, but they serve as a cautionary tale.

The Rockies are purposely exercising Triple-A patience with Pomeranz, because they can’t afford to have him lose his confidence in this year of baptism by blowtorch.

So regardless off which young pitchers you want to talk about receiving from any team, the idea of using CarGo to acquire them is foolish. At best, the Rockies would get 50 cents on the dollar.

Second, Gonzalez is affordable going forward. The Rockies will receive bigger TV money next season, with a huge haul waiting in the future when the contract expires based on deals around the major leagues. As such, they must increase payroll to account for the increased salaries of CarGo and Troy Tulo- witzki. You can’t have two players making half the payroll.

Still, keeping CarGo is an easy decision. He is a yearly MVP candidate. He is the flag in the ground, the reason to watch.

Besides, for all the talk about how few starting pitchers the Rockies have developed, where are all the homegrown impact bats? There’s Tulo, sometimes Dexter Fowler and if this year holds, Wilin Rosario.

Even if you’re bullish on Double-A infielder Josh Rutledge or Triple-A Sky Sox outfielder Tim Wheeler, there’s no assembly line in the minors. That’s why Nolan Arenado looms so large. He has a chance to be a middle-of-the-order star.

Trading a young, superstar bat such as CarGo at a time when the Rockies must take advantage of playing at altitude is insane. He again appears prepared to exercise patience. The reason is simple. He was terrible as a young player in 2008, yo-yoing for Oakland, and for six weeks with the Rockies in 2009, when only his defense kept him in the lineup. Then he went off in the playoffs against the Phillies. When healthy, he hasn’t stopped raking. He seems prepared to stick this out. So if teams ask about him, the Rockies should tell them where to stick it.

“I knew that it was going to be difficult for this year,” CarGo said. “Not like this. But it was going to be difficult. We have faith. We are going to go through hard times and learning to win together as a young team. I went through the same things a lot of these guys are going through. Some of them will be twice as good as they are now. I know people don’t see it, but we have some players. These bad moments will make us better.”

Troy is a former Denver Broncos and Colorado Rockies beat writer for The Denver Post. He joined the news organization in 2002 as the Rockies' beat writer and became a Broncos beat writer in 2014 before assuming the lead role ahead of the 2015 season. He left The Post in 2015.

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